sonko.ld you expand on that and talk about, from your perspective, why that might be driving whether it's his popularity or some of the protests? >> well, yeah, i mean, historically, the french hold significant economic and political influence in the country, as a formal colonizer. and i think, if i'm not mistaken, since 2019, france was the largest source of foreign direct investment in senegal since it was taken over by china at the moment. so it holds a significant power in the country specifically. and in the context of this, this protest, what's happening, is that especially the protests that we saw in 2021 a lot of protesters looted the french businesses across the country, especially in dhakar, because they claim that the source of the issues that they're having with the corruption, the social economic inequalities, these are the issues related. the french influence in the country. so there is this perception in light of anti french sentiment across different parts of west africa, is

at that stage, sonko chose to stay away from the court. he is the mayor of a town in the south.e stayed there and did not come to the trial. a lot of evidence came out in the court. as often in these cases, a lot of that was very graphic, but the judges -- the court then had to decide, was there firm evidence, and the decision today was there is not that evidence, nor is there evidence that he made threats against her, so what is leading sonko's lawyers to regard this as a political case, and it is a point of view shared by many senegalese as well is that we charge that hung over this case over the last two years -- is that if the headline charge that hung over this case over the past two years is that he has been accused of corrupting a minor, which was discharge, which was only cited a couple of weeks ago in the main evidence session, so this has become a hugely politically charged issue and over it hangs the prospect of next year's elections because sonko is massive youth support and quite a lot of support from other senegalese, not just youth, who feel that if the president

the last three years have been a relief for myo sonko without the burden of having to pay her studentore comfort in terms of my bottom line for sure, but the pandemic pause on student loan payments is set to end around late august, posing a challenge for sonko. if you think about inflation and how it's been persistent, my costs aren't going down. and the department of education congress last year refused a white house request for more money to the federal office that oversees the student loan system, which could make its job of notifying millions of borrowers to resume paying their bills a lot harder . what that means for borrowers is essentially that they could experience longer wait times, not be able to get in contact with the people that they need to. the education department says it will continue to, quote, work closely with servicers to prioritize providing quality customer service to borrowers. but they're urging congress to fund the president's 2024 budget request to provide them with additional resources. still, some critics are skeptical of the agency's need for more money ,

sonko only hopes she and other borrowers get the answers they're looking for so they don't default onneed to make sure that i have everything and everything knowledge wise to make sure that that doesn't happen in washington. mallory rivera, fox news. well, after a cool start to the week, temperatures have been trending up over the past few days and it looks like temperatures will be peaking this week. and that means lots of 80s inland and maybe a few neighborhoods getting close to 90 degrees. so here's the plan. tomorrow, some fog tomorrow morning. we will keep it kind of cool for the coast. temperatures they're only near 60 degrees. and then on sunday, that'll be the warmest day. the hot spots could be in the upper 80s. maybe flirting with 90, 90 degrees. it looks like we're going to cool things off into next week, though. and maybe i know it's june, but we could be talking about a shower chance or a thunderstorm chance in the next week. it is dry this weekend. most likely it's dry on monday, but then into next week by tuesday and possibly into wednesday, there is a slight chance of

sonko is popular among senegal's youth and a likely candidate in the 2024 presidential election. this is a student who joined protests in the capital dakar on friday. >> it is unfortunate. we don't want things to be like this because we all want to learn and finish the year. but since the state has done what it wants, we have our opinion. that's it. amy: in the german city of leipzig, dozens of people were arrested or detained over the weekend as police clashed with protesters and authorities sought to ban demonstrations following the conviction last week of an anti-fascist activist. 28-year-old lina e. received 5 years in prison for attacking neo-nazis. three others received sentences of two to three years. activists decried the violent crackdown on protests and public assembly. >> it is unbelievable experiencing how repressive the state police are against anti-pashas protesters. it is the same response to climate activist. we are standing strong together in solidarity. amy: in california, authorities have launched an investigation after at least 16 asylum seekers were flown to

people have been killed so far, in protests following the conviction of the opposition leader, 0usmane sonkomoral behaviour." clashes between his supporters and police broke out after the court ruling. a football match at the stadium of the argentine league leaders, river plate, in buenos aires, has been abandoned, after a fan fell to his death from the grandstand. the referee suspended play, whilst police and firefighters cordoned the area off, and subsequently abandoned the game. demonstrations against the israeli government's plans for a radical overhaul of the judiciary have taken place for a 22nd successive week. tens of thousands again took to the streets, with the rally beginning with a commemoration of the 3 israeli soldiers killed on the egyptian border on saturday. now it's time for a look at today's sport. here's gavin. manchester city will be fully focussd on saturday's champions league final on inter milan — after they completed their domestic double with an fa cup win over rivals manchester united at wembley. moments to remember, ilkay gundogan�*s goal after just 12 seconds, th

clashes between citizens and the case bodyguards, they broke out after sentencing the leader osman sonkoition of the victims is known, in particular, in the capital dakar and the city of zinshor in the south of the country, where the bag is the mayor. acquitted him of rape charges, the politician's lawyer noted that with such a sentence he would not be able to take part in the presidential elections next year, and his party declared that the sentence was part of a political conspiracy and called citizens to go out into the streets care about the animals to the kovalivka ecopark that in poltava oblast new animals are constantly being brought to them, to which they are taken out simply from under shelling. as a result, he got rickets of the bones, so he was transported to the feldman ecopark for the second time . the animals are in an aviary and i think in about a month and a half he should already be in a new one in a new apartment, now the 150 kg kitten steadily eats 7 kilograms a day and is waiting to move to a new spacious aviary , two reindeer were also evacuated from kharkiv , the ex

for calm amid continuing unrest in senegal, over the sentencing of the opposition leader, ousmane sonkoarges. a tenth death was reported on friday, following riots in the country. british vogue editor—in—chief edward enninful will be stepping down from his role after six years at the top fashion magazine. the 51—year—old will remain as an editorial advisor to the uk title but move into a newly—created job next year aimed at growing the brand globally. we start in india with a developing story this morning, as indian prime minister narendra modi has just visited the site where at least 260 people have been killed, in a train crash in the eastern state of odisha. here are the latest pictures of the prime minister, arriving at the crash site, holding his hands in prayer. officials are warning that the number of dead is expected to rise. our news correspondent divya arya is in delhi. we have got pictures from various news agencies, showing that the prime minister has indeed reached the disaster site. he has taken stock of the situation there, with the railways minister by his side. he has l

killed in clashes that erupted after the main opposition leader was given a two—yearjail term. 0usmane sonko guilty of immoral behaviour, but cleared of rape. the internet has been partially blocked by the authorities. the largest wildfire ever recorded in the canadian province of nova scotia is continuing to grow. it is now estimated to cover more than 20—thousand hectares with witnesses reporting flames 100 metres high. the emergency services say scorching temperatures are hampering their battle to control the fire. the white house says president biden is fine after he fell over at a public event in colorado. the president had been standing for about an hour and a half to shake hands with each of the 921 graduating cadets. he was helped back up to his feet and appeared to be unhurt. the british tv presenter phillip schofield says he has lost everything and feels nothing but blackness, sadness and regret — after admitting to lying about a relationship with a younger male colleague. speaking for the first time since resigning from itv last week, he told the bbc he'd become close to the man a

for calm amid continuing unrest in senegal, over the sentencing of the opposition leader, 0usmane sonkojects the charges. a tenth death was reported on friday, following riots in the country. british vogue editor—in—chief edward enninful will be stepping down from his role after six years at the top fashion magazine. the 51—year—old will remain as an editorial advisor to the uk title but move into a newly—created job next year aimed at growing the brand globally. the turkish leader, recep tayyip erdogan, has been sworn—in for his third term as president. the ceremony in parliament in ankara was held nearly a week after winning a historic run—off election. mr erdogan has dominated turkish politics for 20 years, first as prime minister, then as president. live now to berza simsek from our turkish service. what has been happening today? president erdogan has been sworn in at the parliament and right now he is in the mausoleum of the founder of modern turkey, ataturk, and he will sign the notebook and he will show his respect. and then he will be basically giving a dinner reception in the e

people have been killed so far in protests following the conviction of the opposition leader ousmane sonkond police broke out after the court ruling. there have been reports of looting and arson in the capital, dakar. a football match at the stadium of the argentine league leaders, river plate, in buenos aires has been abandoned after a fan fell to his death from the grandstand. the referee suspended play while police and firefighters cordoned the area off, and subsequently abandoned the game. the home office is set to make asylum seekers share hotel rooms to cut costs. the sunday telegraph reports that groups of two, three or four single adult men will share a single room rather than having individual rooms. the former british prime minister, borisjohnson has been warned that he could lose legal funding if he undermines the government's covid inquiry. in a letter sent by officials, the former prime minister was asked to submit supporting evidence to the cabinet office for security clearance, before being passed on to the inquiry. extracts of this letter were published by the times newspap

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